Carlos Frederico Lecor

Carlos Frederico Lecor, Viscount of Laguna (6 October 1764-2 August 1836) was a Portuguese and Brazilian general who fought in the Peninsular War and the Brazilian War of Independence.

Biography
Lecor was of French and German descent, born in Lisbon in the Portuguese Empire. He was the leader of the artillery contingent of Principe da Beira, a Portuguese ship that escorted commercial fleets to Brazil and back. In 1807 he fled Portugal after spotting Marchal Andoche Junot's invading French army and became a British officer, commanding Anglo-Portuguese units in the Peninsular War in the Battle of Vittoria and the Battle of the Nive.

In 1815 Lecor headed to Brazil, and from 1816 to 1820 conquered the Banda Oriental from Uruguayan rebels. However, he fought on the Brazilian side during the Brazilian War of Independence, taking Montevideo. He defended the city against the Argentines and Uruguayans in the Cisplatine War of 1825-1828 but had to return to Brazil when Uruguay became independent after the peace.